Slip-casing for radiators.



H. A. LAsKo'L o. M. SNAVELY. SLIP CASING FOR RADIATORS.

"APPLICATION PIIIED FEB. 3, 1914.

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IiENRY A. LASKO AND CHRISTIAN M. SNAVELYQOF LANCASTER, 'PENNSY-Vm SLIP-usine nba nADIArons.

Specification of Letters Patent.

application mea February s, 1914. sei-iai No. 816,237.

To all'whom it may concern.'

Be 1t known that we, HENRY A. LAsKo and CHRISTIAN M. SNAVELY, of'Lancaster, inthe county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slip-Casings for Radia tors; and we do hereby declare the following to Ibe a full, clear, -and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the `art to which it appertains to make and use the same. l

This'invention relates to 'radiators such as are employed in connection with'intern'al combustion engines on motor vehicles, the object of the invention being to'. provide a slip casing for the water member of a radiator, which may be readily lremoved in case of the necessity 'to repair or clean the radiator; which shall be neat and ornamental, andv which shall have the appearance of constituting a part of the radiatorstructure.

With'this and other objects in View,A the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.,

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a=rear view showing a radiator with our improved casing thereon; Fig. 2 is a' sectional view ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the casing.

, 1 represents the water circulating member' of. a radiator located over the sub-frame 2 of an automobile and .provided on its bottom with lugs 3 seated upon said sub-frame. These lugs are made with threaded sockets which receivebolts 4 passing through theV sub-frame, whereby the radiator is secured to the latter. The radiator is provided-at its top with the usualneck 5,'havingf'a re-4 movable cap 6, and with inlet and returnv pipes 7, 8; an overflow pipe 9 and a drain cock 10. I

Our improved casing 11 may be conveniently made of sheet` metal and comprises end walls 12 yand a top wall 13 to .conform to the contour of the ends and top of the radiator. Flanges 14e-15 .depend from the front and rear edges of the top wall 13 and are made of such size and shape as to cover the front and rear' faces of the upper chambered portion of the radiator, while the vertical end walls 12 are provided at their front and rear edges with inwardly projecting flanges17 which are disposed `.in

Patente-a oct. 13, 1914.

front and in rear offthe'radiator at` the 'ends o f the latter.- The lower ends ofthe vers tical slde walls 12 are connected at the .front .of the casing, byan integrall cross bar 19 which lies: in front of the radiator below the tubes thereof. The endwalls 12 yand the top wall 13 are provided with rearwardly projecting {langes-'20-21, which overlie' the forward. edges of the *hood 22, commonly employed on automobiles. Y

The top wall 13 'of the casing is provided with an opening 23 for the lpassage of the neck 5 of the radiator andthe upper rear flange 14of tliecasing is provided with elongated openings 24 and 2 5 for the `laccommodation-'of the pipes'7 and 9.. Two doors 26 are provided for the lower portions of each of the openings, said doors being hinged at the side edges of the openings and 'y having a shape to closely embracethe lower portions of the pipes. These 'doors may be provided with any suitable fastening means to keep them normally closed. Brackets 2.7- are secured to the vertical end walls of the finished appearance; and that by removing the bolts 28 and the 4ca'p 6 and opening the .doors 26, the casing may be readily removed `or slipped off of the radiator, exposing the latter in itsentirety'and rendering every part thereof easilyY accessible for repairing or cleaning, and without removing or loosening the mounting of the radiator.

Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of our improvements without departing from the spirit thereof.l or limiting its scope land hence we do not wish to restrict ourselves to the precise details herein set forth.

Havinglfully described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A removable slip casing for water circulating radiators, comprising a unitary structure removable bodily from a radiator;

2. A removable slip casing for water, cir# culating radiators, removable bodily7 from and entirely free of saidwater circulating radiators to expose all parts of the latter.

3. A slip casing for Water circulating radiators, removable bodily from said Water circulating radiators to expose all parts of the latter, and means'for removably securing said casing normally in position on a radiator.

4. A removable-slip casing for Water circulating radiators, brackets on said casing, and means for removably securing said brackets in place to normally retain the casing in position on the radiator.

5. A removable slip casing for Water circulating radiators, comprising a top Wall, end Walls extending from said top to the bottom of the Water circulating member, said top Wall having flanges depending from its front and rear edges, and the end Walls having inwardly projecting flanges at the front and rear edges and a cross bar connecting the end Walls'at their front edges.

6. A removable slip casingvfor Water circulating radiators, comprising end Walls having inwardly projecting flanges, a top Wall connecting the end Walls and having an opening for a radiator neck, said top Wall having front and rear depending flanges, the rear depending fiange having elongated openings for the passage of pipes, and doors for closing the lower portions vof said openings.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY A. LASKO. CHRISTIAN M. SNAVELY. lVitnesses PAUL G. Fnocn'r, P. OsTER HENRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents'each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington. D. C. 

